It's people - people who were slaves, or are slaves - who might resist Tevinter's rule. It's knowledge of how to contact them. It's -
[ The hard, rigid anger melts a little, leaving a miserable desperation. ]
They've been betrayed, these people, so much. All their lives. And the thought of someone like him, who's just keen on winning back his island, who might not see them as people, who might betray them in turn...I thought for a moment, just a moment, that I could trust him. That's why I admitted it. But then he was so eager, so hungry, and I realized right then what he really was -
[ She breaks off, shaking her head, looking down. ]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2019-10-17 07:55 pm (UTC)It's people - people who were slaves, or are slaves - who might resist Tevinter's rule. It's knowledge of how to contact them. It's -
[ The hard, rigid anger melts a little, leaving a miserable desperation. ]
They've been betrayed, these people, so much. All their lives. And the thought of someone like him, who's just keen on winning back his island, who might not see them as people, who might betray them in turn...I thought for a moment, just a moment, that I could trust him. That's why I admitted it. But then he was so eager, so hungry, and I realized right then what he really was -
[ She breaks off, shaking her head, looking down. ]
I'd sooner die than hand them over.